Barbed fence



G. A. HODGE.

BARBED FENCE.

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Patnted Aug. 2,1887.

UNITED STATES ATENT Fries.

CHESTER A. HODGE, OF BELOIT, \VISOONSIN.

BARBED FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 367,398, dated August 2, 1887.

Application filed May 18, 1886. Serial No. 202,550. (No model.)

particular class known to the trade as the' spur-wheel wire or harmless wire fence, and has for its object the provision of a roulette or spur wheel so mounted as to offer less resistance to the revolution of the roulette, and at the same time hold and maintain it in a position practically at right angles to the longitudinal;

axis of the loop. Afterextensive practical experiments I have accomplished these desirable results by means of the loop which forms the subject-matter of the present application.

The invention is particularly applicable to fences wherein two parallel wires are held a short distance from each other by curved loops having spurs or wheels mounted thereon, as shown in Letters Patent to Stoll, No. 230,445, July 27, 1880, and to Goss, No. 282,453, July 31, 1883, the title to said patents and the present invention being in the same party.

Referring to Stolls invention, the spur cannot be retained centrally between the longitudinal wires unless the particular staple therein shown, which is an impractical device for the purpose, is used. Although the oblique axis in the Goss invention tends to secure the roulette centrally between the wires, it does not prevent the edges thereof from dropping down and partially presenting their fiat surfaces to the horizon insteadof the points thereof.

A roulette or spur mounted in the manner shown in the present application is maintained in a practically horizontal position, and re volves with a minimum amount of force. The points of the spur make the same presentation to the stock without reference to their line of approach. The particular form of loop shown in Figure 4 serves to bring the axis of the spur somewhat nearer to an imaginary line drawn through the longitudinal wires than would be the case in the construction shown in Fig. 5.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 represents a section of a wire fence embodying my improvements',in which the main wires are shown parallel to each other throughout their length. Fig.2 is asimilar section showing the main wire twisted together at either side of the spur. Fig. 3 is a perspective viewof my improvement with the spur removed. Fig. 4c is a side elevation thereof, showing the main wires in section; and Fig. 5 is a similar elevation representing a modification of the loop.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar letters of reference denote similar parts, A A designate the main wires, spaced apart and provided with loops 13.

Odesignates spurs or wheels, ofany approved size, shape, or construction,which are mounted upon the loops B.

It should be understood that it is not herein sought to patent a spur-wheel mounted upon a loop the ends of which are secured to separate longitudinal wires as such construction, broadly considered, is anticipated by the patents hereinbefore referred to.

B designates my improved loop, having its body 5, between the points b If, preferably curved inwardly, so that its inner surface, b shall nearly or quite touch an imaginary line drawn through the centers of the wires A A, for a purpose hereinafter described. From the pointsb b the opposite ends If I) of the loop are bent to pass about the wires A A to points I) Z) upon the opposite sides of said wires, from whence they extend toward each other and terminate at points I) I), which are such distance from each other as to permit a spur wheel, G, to freely move between them.

This construction enables me to cheapen the manufacture of the fence and provides a better bearing for the spurs G, which, it will be seen, stand substantially at right angles to the 1ongitudinal axis of the loop.

The spur-wheels O are mounted upon the body 19 of the loop, as shown in full lines in Figs. 1 and 2 and in dotted lines in Figs. 3 and 4.

In Fig. 5 I show a modified form of my improvement, in which the body of the loop I) is straight,while the ends are bent inwardly.

Instead of forming the loop as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the bodyb may be made parallel with the ends b If, or all three may be bent inwardly IOO in the same manner as they are separately. At present I use the form shown in Fig. 4'; but I may find it desirable to also bend inwardly the ends I) and In Fig. 2 I show the adaptation of my improvement to wires that are twisted at points (1, whereby the spurs can be arranged at right angles.

1 claim- 1. The combination, in a wire fence, of two longitudinal wires, a loop having its ends bent over said wires on the same side thereof, and a wheel mounted upon said loop, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

CHESTER A. HODGE.

Witnesses:

Enwwnn D. INURAITAM, Firm). BIGNOI'I. 

